Entrepreneur Dave Fishwick left school aged 16 without any qualifications. However, armed with a huge amount of determination and ambition, he's now the largest supplier of minibuses in the country, making him a multi-millionaire.
Dave was the star of Channel 4's 2012 hit show Bank of Dave. The observational series saw Dave embark on a mission to create his own bank and send it into profit in 180 days. He gave loans to businesses struggling to get help from the conventional banks and finding it hard to grow in the current economic climate. Much like an old-fashioned bank manager, Dave offered not only money but hands-on advice. He started the bank with his own cash, promised not to take a big salary or bonus and give all profits to charity.
Now, Dave is the focus of a new movie, "Bank of Dave". Here's what the movie is about:
Dave Fishwick (Rory Kinnear) sells vans in Burnley, Lancashire. Once the world's most productive and profitable mill town, Burnley is now one of the most deprived and neglected towns in the UK. Dave, however, through a combination of hustle and hard work, has done well for himself - so well that in the wake of the last financial crisis he started lending money at reduced rates to his customers and local businesses. When some of those businesses start making money they ask Dave to reinvest it for them. This gives Dave an idea. Why not set up a tiny local bank that uses local money to fund local enterprise? He will call it: The Bank of Dave.
The elite, London based financial authorities however, haven't granted a new bank license for over 150 years and they're not keen to grant one to a van salesmen from Burnley. Dave must enlist the help of London lawyer, Hugh (Joel Fry), junior doctor Alexandra (Phoebe Dynevor of Bridgerton) and some local rock legends (Def Leppard) to help fight the good cause.
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